HELOPELTIS, 



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antennal tubercles, remote from base ; rostrum reaching the pos- 

 terior coxae; antenna) with the first joiut stoutest and about as 

 long as the pronotum, second a little longer than the third ; 

 pronotum posteriorly convexly tumid, strongly constricted l^efore 

 middle, and with a very narrow anterior collar, posterior angles 

 subnodulose ; scutellum small, subtriangular ; hemelytra hyaline ; 

 cuneus somewhat long and slender ; membrane with a single 

 basal cell ; legs of moderate length and slender. 



1391. Felisacus magnificus, sp. n. 



Head, first joint of antennae, 

 anterior lobe and collar of pro- 

 notum pale sanguineous or red- 

 dish - ochraceous ; corium pale 

 hyaline ; posterior lobe of prono- 

 tum, scutellum, clavus, two trans- 

 verse fasciae to corium inwardly 

 connected, membrane, eyes, second 

 and remaining joints of antennae, 

 and meso- and metasterna black or 

 piceous ; apical mai'gin of mem- 

 brane pale hyaline ; head with two 

 lateral dark sanguineous lines 

 behind each eye, posterior tibiae 

 sometimes fuscous ; postei'ior lobe 

 of pronotum very finely and ob- 

 soletely punctate and with a trans- 

 verse series of coarser punctures 

 at the anterior constriction. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Tenasseriin ; Myitta 

 (Doherty). 



1392. Felisacus glabratus, Motsch. (Liocoris) Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 



xxxvi (2) p. 87, tab. ii, f. 20 (1863). 



Dark ochraceous ; hemelytra pale hyaline, the veins piceous : 

 antennae (excluding basal joint), eyes, and an oblique linear spot 

 near apex of clavus black ; coxae and bases of femora ver}- pale 

 stramineous ; inner margin of cuneus pale ochraceous ; head, 

 pronotum, and scutellum shining, glabrous ; tarsi fuscous. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeuiya, Diyatalawa {Green). 



Genus HELOPELTIS. 



Helopeltis, Si(/noret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) vi, p. 502 (1858). 

 Aspicelus, Costa, Ann. Mas. Zool. Nap. ii, p. 147 (1805). 



Type, H. antonii. Sign. 



JJistrihut'ioH. Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions. 



Body elongate ; head broad, deflected in front of eyes, discally 



Fig. 2S4. — Fc/is(uiis r/Mgnificn.f. 



